Iran, Egypt, Nigeria top list of foreign casualties in Hajj stampede

Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 769 Muslim pilgrims they say were killed in the hajj stampede, but a number of countries have announced the deaths of their citizens.

The death toll given below by foreign officials and media is now 990, well in excess of the Saudi figure, reported AFP.

The tallies also show another 615 people as unaccounted for: Iran – 464 dead; Egypt – 124 dead, 72 missing; Nigeria: 64 dead, 244 missing; Mali: 60 dead; Indonesia: 59 dead, 74 missing; India: 51 dead, 63 missing; Pakistan: 46 dead, more than 40 missing; Niger: 22 dead; Cameroun: 20 dead; Ivory Coast: 14 dead, 77 missing; Chad: 11 dead; Algeria: 11 dead; Senegal: 10 dead; Morocco: 10 dead, 29 missing; Somalia: 8 dead (media reports); Libya: 4 dead, 16 missing; Tanzania: 4 dead; Kenya: 3 dead; Tunisia: 2 dead; Burkina Faso: 1 dead; Burundi: 1 dead; Netherlands: 1 dead; Benin: unspecified number of deaths.

Source: This Day Live